Funeral of Fred Westcott follows silo accident
Mrs and Mrs Ben Burgoin and Mrs Phyllis Skerritt attended the funeral of their cousin Fred Westcott, killed in a fall from a silo chute. Many local residents and families were noted in attendance and in the circle of visitors around Silver City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Burgoin
Phyllis Skerritt
Denis
Fred Westcott
Freddie Techau Jr
Fred Techau
the Legion Hall
W. H. Williams
Mary Moore
Ralph Stewarts
James Garrison
Glenwood
Frank Lincoln
Dwight Lincoln
Co. Bluffs
Bruce Buller
Omaha
George Miller
Earl Vogel
Eldon Schultz
Paul Black
Lonnie McMullen
Mitzy Howell
Omaha Civic Auditorium
Pat Black
Lee Rhoades
Hastings Happenings Report of local visits and hospital
Cecil Clark was taken to Murphy Memorial hospital in Red Oak after a heart attack. Arno Miller and the Henderson area families visited, Paul Taylor celebrated a birthday with guests in Omaha and Co Bluffs families. Several local residents hosted or attended gatherings in Henderson Silver City Omaha Glenwood and Mt Mathers AFB trip by 2nd Lt. Micheal Waymire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Clark
Murphy Memorial Hospital
Red Oak
Arno Miller
Gerald Pierson
Henderson
Kelley Bolte
Silver City
Kenneth Evans
John Taylor
Paul
Paul Taylor
Danny Taylors
Co. Bluffs
Darrel Taylor
Micheal Waymire
Mathers Afb
Sacramento
Calif
Eugene
Everett Waymire
Kenneth Evang
Ervin Schoening
Omaha
Roger Durick
Glenwood
Floyd Brammer 4-H Weigh Master of Mills County
Floyd Brammer served as the Mills County 4-H weigh master for 25 years guiding beef project weigh ins from winter conditioning to the county fair opening. He began assisting local 4-H families southwest of Malvern and was honored as an Honorary 4-H Member in 1965 for his fairness and dedication to the youth livestock program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Brammer
Mills County
Floyd
Malvern
Galen Boles
Max
Lee
Dorothy
Frank Chamberlain
Virginia
Twyla
Velma
Elva
Naomi
Mary Lou Evans
Harry Evans
Mills County 4-H’ers
Mills County 4-H
Adult Farm Class to Discuss Herbicides and Insecticides
Malvern adults will hear Mike Wolverton of Gregg provide guidance on herbicide and insecticide spraying methods and common problems. Topics include timely action to prevent corn losses and choosing the correct antidotes and techniques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Barhart
McHs Voc. Ag
Malvern Adult Farmers
Agriculture Department
Mike Wolverton
Gregg
Waymire Makes Dean's List At Midland Lutheran College
Debbie Waymire earned a 3.5 grade point average to make the Dean's List at Midland Lutheran College in Fremont Nebraska. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Eugene Waymire. Local social notes recount Sunday suppers and visits from Malvern Red Oak Corning and Co Bluffs with several households hosting dinners and a Purina plant tour planned for Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PCA
Iowa
Production Credit Association
Clark J. Crawford
Clarinda Pca
Iowa State University
Crawford
Clarinda
College of Agriculture
Pcas
Debbie Waymire
Midland Lutheran College
Fremont
Nebr
Debbie
Eugene Waymire
Sharlene Scott
Kenneth Blackman
Malvern
Kenneth Grindle
Steve Haines
Ivan Jackson
Mr. Jackson
Merrill Crouse
Bevis Sowers
Red Oak
George Vogel
Co. Bluffs
Jesse Perkins
Charlie Hall
Jerry Morgal
Gold Crown Inn
Everett Waymire
Joe Holloway
Corning
Jennie Haroff
Lloyd Ridgeley
William Haroff
4 H News Silver Creek Go Getters Meeting
Four H club news from Silver Creek reports the Go Getters meeting at the Methodist Church on January 10 with Doug Bowen presiding at 7 10 pm and Randy Alberts leading the pledge. Sixteen members answered Your Favorite Christmas Gift in roll call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Creek
Methodist Church
Doug Bowen
Randy Alberts
Clarence Woollard
Alaska
Jack Bowen
Otha Dickersbach
Valerie Dickersbach
Kevin White
Burlington Permitted to Remove Depots in Southwest Iowa
The Iowa Commerce Commission approved Burlington Northern's plan to discontinue depot service at six southwest Iowa stations Malvern Randolph Sidney Hastings Emerson and Henderson. Rail patrons will use a mobile agent service based in Glenwood to handle shipments, while depots at Glenwood and Pacific Junction must be kept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Commerce Commission
Burlington Northern Railroad
Southwest Iowa
Malvern
Randolph
Sidney
Hastings
Emerson and
Henderson
Mobile Agency Service
Glenwood
ICC
Pacific Junction
Friday Hostess Party and Card Night Gather Local Ladies
Friday evening hostess Mrs Wayne Blackman hosted a product party with Mrs Marie Topping of Co Bluffs guiding demonstrations. Eleven ladies and five children attended with door prize drawn for Mrs Ira Bells name. Saturday card party hosted by Misses Marjorie Ferne Alberts and Mr and Mrs Laurence Alberts featured three tables of pitch and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Blackman
Marie Topping
Co. Bluffs
Ira Bell
Duane Clay
Paipillion, Nebr
Marjorie
Ferne Alberts
Laurence Alberts
Eugene Alberts
Kristin
Silver City
Harley Stevesson
Otha Dickersbach
Valerie
Maurice Alberts
Randy
Randy Alberts
Mr. Stevesson
Birthday celebration at the Bell residence in Glenwood
Mrs. Wauneta Haney celebrated her Sunday birthday as a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bell. Attending for ice cream and cake on Sunday evening were Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Blackman, Roy Britton, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Haney, and Rick Myers. The report notes unseasonably warm weather ending with a cold snap, ice, and snow through the week, with temperatures plummeting to 10 degrees and persistent cloudiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldon Williams
Kevin
Charles Roenfeld
Glenwood
Harold Williams
Margaret Goos
Don Goos
Carol Goos
Kathy Krohn
Lincoln
Mary Goos
Kisle Williams
Co. Bluffs
Daise Flammant
Schroeders
Robert Schroeder
Elizabeth Gross
Omaha
Herb Mowery
York
Nebr
Las Vegas
Neb
Henry Schroeder
Miller
Richard Mattson
Jerald Bode
Jason
Hooper
Ida Fluckiger
Virginia
Columbus
Mrs. Gross
Wauneta Haney
Robert Bell
Floyd Blackman
Roy Britton
Jack Haney
Rick Myers
Mrs Peterson rites held for 81 year old in Iowa
Funeral services for Mrs Mabel E Peterson 81 were conducted at Wolfe Funeral Home with Rev Dennis Neal presiding and burial at Strand Cemetery Adams County She died Friday January 21 at Jennie Edmundson Hospital Council Bluffs Born May 23 1890 in Montgomery County She married Joe Peterson in 1910 who died in 1965 Surviving Theodore Villisca three daughters Helen Ranck Macedonia Ruby Smith Malvern Vernita Crouse Stanton 17 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Villisca
Mabel E. Peterson
Wolfe Funeral
Dennis Neal
Strand
Adams County
Peterson
Iowa
Jennie Edmundson Hospital
Co. Bluffs
Win Archer
Montgomery County
Joe Peterson
Theodore
Helen Ranck
Macedonia
Ruby Smith
Malvern
Vernita Crouse
Stanton
Two Cars Crash in Pacific Junction Morning Collision
A 6:50 a.m. Jan 22 crash in Pacific Junction involved a totalled 65 Ford driven by 18 year old David Spencer Collum of Glenwood with passenger Jeanie Klein of Pacific Junction and a 1971 Buick owned by Michael Allen Lee of Glenwood sustaining radiator and bumper damage. Witness Diana Green, 17, Pacific Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pac. Jct
Pacific Junction
Ford
David Spencer Collum
Glenwood
Jeanie Klein
P. J
Michael Allen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Silver City News
Trudy Rhoades
Nancy Bailey
Chandler
Ariz
Virginia Green
Tucson
Albert Marshall
Gary McNutt
John
Gary
Dalton McNutt
Manning
Virgil Deckers
Virgil Decker
Traci
Delmar Decker
Chuck
Junction City
Kans
Terry McWilliams
Charlotte Decker
Earl Bendt
LeRoy
Ronnie Bendt
Brian
Frank Decker
OES
Order of Eastern Star No
Masonic Temple
Donald Theil
Marshall
Ralph Hansen
Ruth
Jay Crist
Ester
Jack Burgoin
Dick Rupe
Hansen
Evergreen Club
Lawerence Schoening
Herbert Stevens
Wayne Byers
Jay Perkins
Steve Youngberg
Lynn Johnson
Joe Hall
Blackburn Oil Co
Iowa Western Community College
Atlantic Center
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic
Marlene Jones
St. Louis
Purina
Strahan Methodist Church
4-H
John Sayers
Arnold Frazee
Walter Angus
Burlington
T Vernon News
Miley Schmidt
Correspor
Dale Stephens
Leslie
Larry Stephens
Andrea
Carol Stephens
David
Dale Stephen
Marie Hodges
Milo Schick
Emerson
Everett Blackman
Carol
Helen Davis
Leo Davis
Tabor
Bill Davis
Tom Kingery
Hamburg
Robert Kinne
Cecil Kinne
Susie
Charles Stubbs
Ed Pollitt
Leonard Dye
Sunnyside
Wash
Howard Allensworth
Pollitt
Bert
Rozella Wortman
Mable White
Woody Jones
Orlo Jones
Peter Lorenzo Jr
Jeremy
Reginal Mikesell
Emerson United Methodist Church
Margaret Grayson
Carol Blackman
Chantry School
Richard Henderson
Richard Bags
Douglas
Dick Vanatta
Richard Vanatta
Linda
Sally
Bob Foster
Mrs. Peterson
Malvern Trust & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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